The New York Giants have won just 12 games since the 2016 season and are on their fourth head coach (if you include Steve Spagnuolo) over that span.
For many, it feels like the team’s rebuild may never end, but general manager Dave Gettleman sees things differently. In fact, Gettleman is feeling rather optimistic about the 2020 group and he shared that hope with Giants fans on Saturday.
“We’re putting a very competitive NFL team on the field, you can be assured of that. Joe [Judge] and his coaching staff will get every ounce out of this group,” Gettleman said during an NBC special. “Better days are ahead.”
While Gettleman stopped short of offering any sort of win-loss prediction, he did express the utmost confidence in Judge despite the unique nature of his first offseason as head coach.
“It’s obviously been a very odd time — the spring and this training camp. Joe is a great communicator to begin with and he’s really in tune with these guys and with what’s going on,” Gettleman said. “He’s done a really terrific job connecting with them despite all the obstacles.”
Gettleman also feels rather optimistic about the team’s pass rush, which has lacked any sort of consistent presence dating back to the days of Jason Pierre-Paul and Justin Tuck.
“Hopefully the puppies are growing up and are going to have a little bit more bark this year,” Gettleman said. “It’s really funny, back in the day when Bill Walsh wrote the book, ‘The Winning Edge,’ he had a two-year rule for players. Well now, because of the way the college game is so much different than ours, we have a three-year rule and these guys are growing up, so we’re excited about them.
“Lorenzo [Carter] is getting better, X-Man [Oshane Ximines] is getting better, Dexter Lawrence is getting better — they’re all improving. A pass rush is really a group effort, so with Markus [Golden] added [back] we’re confident.”
We’ll see if Gettleman’s confidence and optimism meet reality this season, but it would seem that the organization feels they are finally moving in the right direction.
from Giants Wire https://ift.tt/32B8DaJ
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